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prorogation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prorogation \Pro`ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. prorogatio: cf F. prorogation.] 1. The act of counting in duration; prolongation. [Obs.] --South. 2. The act of proroguing; the ending of the session of Parliament, and postponing of its business, by the command of the sovereign. [Eng.] Note: After an adjournment all things continue as they were at the adjournment; whereas, after a prorogation, bill introduced and nut passed are as if they had never been begun at all --Mozley & W. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prorogation n : discontinuing the meetings (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
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